| SUPERMOTO | Sporting discipline that saw its origins in the famous Guidon d'or events which starred top GP racers in the 1980s. (9) |
| NANA | Dog that saw its people fly |
| PENTATHLON | Athletic event involving five sporting disciplines |
| KENDO | With its origins in the tradition of the samurai and meaning "way of the sword", a Japanese martial art and form of fencing using bamboo staves (5) |
| TENNIS | Sport that has its origins in the game of jeudepaume of 12th- and 13th-century France (6) |
| HIPHOP | Genre with its origins in the 1970s Bronx |
| TAMIL | Indian Mutiny had its origins in the rear (5) |
| RUMBA | Ballroom dance which leapt from its origins in Cuba to international popularity in the 30s |
| FRANZ | Archduke of Austria whose assassination in 1914 precipitated events which led to the start of the First World War (5,9) |
| FERDINAND | Archduke of Austria whose assassination in 1914 precipitated events which led to the start of the First World War (5,9) |
| ANGRYPENGUINS | What was the name of the influential journal that was founded in Adelaide, named by Jury and edited by Harris, until a hoax and subsequent court case saw its demise? (5,8) |
| SYEDABIDALI | Identify the former Indian all-rounder, who passed away earlier this year, who had hit the winning runs in the famous Test win at The Oval in 1971. (4,4,3) |
| VOLCANO | Its origins in English can be traced to Italian (or Spanish but ultimately Latin). It describes, as Britannica defines it, a "vent in the crust of Earth or another planet or satellite, from which issu |
| EGG | The amazing thing about the goose in the famous fable is that he laid a golden ___ |
| ROBUSTA | One of the two main varieties of coffee, which has its origins in subsaharan Africa (7) |
| FRANKPERRIS | Canadian-born TT & GP racer who took a few 125cc wins for Suzuki in the 1960s. (5,6) |
| NELSON | Billie, 1960s & 1970s GP racer who sadly died after a crash into the crowd in Yugoslavia. (6) |
| ITALIAN | *Language spoken widely in Milan which has its origins in 18a |
| SPANISH | *Language spoken widely in Madrid which has its origins in 18a |
| BABY | In the famous quote from Dirty Dancing, 'Nobody puts' who 'in the corner'? (4) |
